Best Anniversary Gifts for Couples When Lockdown Ends

Are you on the hunt for memorable anniversary gift ideas in Melbourne? Whether you're in need of things to do at home because Omicron has you stuck in isolation, or you're looking to plan fun date night ideas in Melbourne for when you're out of quarantine, these Melbourne activities are a great way to show your partner or a special couple in your life how much you appreciate them! These gifts for couples are also safe ways to ensure you stay Covid-free while still enjoying a fun time with your lover!

Themed anniversary gifts for couples

Good date ideas in Melbourne (or wherever you are in Australia) should always have a central theme, and planning an anniversary experience gift is no different. To clarify: the theme doesn’t have to be excessive, or even extravagant! A good example of this is one of our most popular at home date night ideas: a virtual pizza making class! Throwdown a red and white checkered tablecloth and you’ve got yourself an evening in Italy without ever having to go to Carlton. But if you’re looking for gift experiences for couples looking to get more bang for their buck, as it were, we can help you find themed gifts to suit almost every anniversary year.

If you’re chasing a guide for traditional anniversary gifts for couples, you can check out our helpful guide on what to buy for what year, here.

For instance, if you’re chasing down cute date ideas for a young couple celebrating their first anniversary, a brush lettering class or a watercolours workshop is a wonderful place to start! Traditionally, the first anniversary gift is paper, so not only are you offering up an incredible experience gift, but you’re also on theme.

We have a growing range of brush lettering and watercolour workshops both through our craft boxes and our in-person classes that make for quirky and colourful date ideas and fun things to do at home!

Watercolour Painting For Absolute Beginners is a wonderful place to start. Illustrator Pamela Woods has taken her workshop class online to help you paint like a pro from the comfort of your own living room. Ideal if you’re looking for cute at home date ideas for you and your partner, discovering how to use watercolour paints is a rewarding experience to both learn and share with your partner!

Combining watercolour with brush lettering is also a fantastic way to get the best of both worlds while still staying on theme, and one of the best indoor activities for adults looking to spruce up their artistic game! This craft box comes with everything you’ll need, including a brush pen and a workbook for you to start working in! Not only is this a fun shared experience to indulge in for your date night ideas but learning how to perfect modern calligraphy writing may come in handy next time you’re looking to send out a bunch of decorative invitations (next wedding anniversary, perhaps?)

Even if you’re well past your first anniversary, we have wonderful rainy day activities and cute date ideas for you to sink your teeth into! Chasing a 25th wedding anniversary gift in Australia? Don’t sweat it! Our jewellery making classes are one of the best things to do at home, and a romantic way to keep to the 25th-anniversary theme of silver!

We have live classes online that’ll help keep to a traditional theme when searching for anniversary gifts for couples in Australia, no matter the year.

Date night ideas for relaxed restrictions

As Covid restrictions continue to relax in 2024, your date ideas can start to take on the old life they once had. As I’m sure you’re aware, however, things won’t return to normal immediately, and it’s important to be able to keep that spark going during the in-between.

Not only are oue craft boxes and live online classes perfect for things to do at home, but many of our local Melbourne artisans and instructors run one-on-one workshops for couples looking to learn in-person without compromising their health.

Jumping Creek Designs is a Melbourne-based ceramics studio that’ve been helping people connect with their inner artists for years. They’re currently offering some of the best at home ceramics kits available, covering kids classes, private groups and individual packs. If you’re hunting down fun indoor activities that’ll help you connect with your partner, making art together is a fantastic way to do that (as mentioned above) but making pottery takes it to a new level.

Jumping Creek Designs can also help you when looking for anniversary gifts for couples and, when isolation season has wrapped, their in-person classes are some of the most popular Melbourne workshops we offer! Offering “taster” courses, full-day workshops and even an eight-week wheel-throwing course for you to fully immerse yourself in the pottery world, you’d be doing yourself a disservice if Jumping Creek Designs weren’t your first port-of-call after the social distancing laws get pulled back and you’re looking for cute date ideas.

These anniversary gifts for couples may inspire a new hobby, which is great for partners looking for relaxing after-work things to do or rainy day activities to help them unwind.

Alternatively, if you and your partner have already experienced the pottery world and are chasing something a wee bit different for your anniversary gifts, Nicola Prested of Handmaker’s Factory in Footscray runs such an extensive variety of unique crafting workshops, you’d be a goose to not check them out next time you’re looking for cute date ideas! From Japanese Shibori Dyeing craft kits to learning how to make natural incense, Handmaker’s Factory has a plethora of gift experiences for couples looking to make something a little avant-garde. Although Nicola is only offering a few select craft boxes and live online classes, once restrictions begin to ease, taking advantage of her incredible skillset and booking a workshop with her would make for an exceptional anniversary gift for you and your partner.

Whatever you decide, searching for date ideas to celebrate an anniversary shouldn’t be stalled by social distancing! Making the best of a situation is an art form, and when it comes to anniversary gifts for couples, it’s important to rise to the occasion.